Definitions
Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word hostage-rescue.
Examples
-
Its "Kuma War" videogame includes Iran-themed episodes such as an attack on a nuclear facility and a hostage-rescue scenario based on the failed 1980 attempt.
Ex-Marine Unlikely as Spy in Iran, Experts Say Nathan Hodge 2012
-
The U.S. aircraft left Argentina for home after the search, and the joint hostage-rescue exercise between military personnel of the two countries was cancelled.
-
A State Department official familiar with the seizure told Dow Jones Newswires most of the material, which was intended for use in a hostage-rescue course, had been properly declared and previously approved by Argentine authorities.
Argentina Confiscates U.S. Air Force Cargo Taos Turner 2011
-
Argentina accuses the U.S. of trying to sneak in firearms, communications and surveillance equipment and narcotics in an Air Force cargo plane that arrived last week for a U.S.-sponsored hostage-rescue course for Argentine police officers.
U.S., Argentina in Tussle Over Seized Cargo Ken Parks 2011
-
Bill Richardson returned home from an attempted hostage-rescue mission to Cuba last month empty-handed and "still scratching his head" as to why the Castro regime double-crossed him.
Cuba's Repression Escalates Mary Anastasia O'Grady 2011
-
The highpoint of Uribe's presidency - and Law of the Jungle - was the hostage-rescue operation in which Colombian Army commandos, disguised as humanitarian aid workers, tricked the FARC into turning over 15 hostages, including Howes.
Colombia's Presidential Campaign Kicks Off -- Finally John Otis 2010
-
The highpoint of Uribe's presidency - and Law of the Jungle - was the hostage-rescue operation in which Colombian Army commandos, disguised as humanitarian aid workers, tricked the FARC into turning over 15 hostages, including Howes.
John Otis: Colombia's Presidential Campaign Kicks Off -- Finally 2010
-
He's gone on some high-profile hostage-rescue missions and done well on those, but that doesn't mean he has good foreign policy sense.
-
By summer 1980, Copeland told me, the Republicans in his circle considered a second hostage-rescue attempt not only unfeasible, but unnecessary.
-
Encircled by growing legions of enemies, the Carter administration put the finishing touches on its own hostage-rescue operation in April.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.